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W'. H. F. WOOD.

FILING DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED 14.11.30, 1911.

1,043,889, Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CD-,WASH|NGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. F. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

rrnme DEVICE.

Application filed January 30, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. F. WooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cert-am new and useful Improvements in Fllmg Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates broadly to fillng devices, and more particularly to a new and improved filing device of the envelop type.

One of the objects of the present lnvention is to provide a filing device of the above type, such that access may be more readily had to the matter located within the same.

Another object is to provide in a filing device means whereby the matter located therein may be more readily removed therefrom.

Another object is to provide means whereby the matter to be filed may be securely held within the envelop.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction herein after set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, whereln 1s illustrated one of various possible embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the filing device in a closed condition. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective showing the same partially open.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout both views of the draw- Before proceeding to particularly describe the herein shown invention, and in order to render the objects thereof clearer of understanding, it may here be noted, in using envelop files as hitherto constructed one is liable to cut his finger on the sharp edges of the paper filed therein. It is also difficult to abstract a particular paper from a file without first removing the entire contents thereof.

The above objects are attained and difiiculties eliminated in the structure which I shall now proceed to describe.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 605,389.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 indicates a casing or envelop which, in the present instance, is constituted by a strip of relatively stiff material, such, for instance, as card board, said strip being folded at 2 upon itself to form the lateral walls 3 and 4 of the envelop, wall 3 being provided with turned over portions or flanges 5 against which wall 4 lies when the envelop is in a closed condition. I 6 indicates a flap which is adapted t be folded over the mouth of the envelop to form a closure therefor, as shown in Fig. 1. Secured within the envelop, as by means of a strip 7 cemented to the inner surface of wall 3 thereof is a flexible member which, in the present instance, is constituted by a tape 8, said tape passing through an armored aperture or eyelet 9 formed in'wall 4 of the envelop opposite the point of attachment of the tape to the other wall thereof. The free end of this tape is adapted to be secured to a button or similar fastening device 10, located upon the flap 6.

The manner in which the filin device is used should be obvious without further description. It may, however, be noted that when matter is inserted within the envelop the tape will be caused to form a loop about i the end thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, the free end of the tape being secured to button 10 of the flap. In this manner, the matter within the envelop will be held securely in position. IVhen, however, it is desired to obtain access to the matter within the envelop the free end of the tape may be disconnected from the button and the portion thereof which constitutes the loop drawn through the aperture, such operation effecting the elevation of the matter within the casing whereby the same will be projected partially through the mouth thereof, thus afl'ording convenient access thereto.

It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a filing device well adapted to attain, among others, all the ends and objects above enumerated in an exceedingly simple, yet efficient, manner. The matter to be filed is not only securely held within the envelop portion, but may be readily removed therefrom or elevated into such position as will permit the same to be easily inspected.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all'statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Havingdescribed' my invention what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A filing device comprising an envelop provided with a flap, a flexible member located within said envelop, extending without the same at a point below the flap and adapted to elevate matter located within said envelop, and means located upon said flap to which said flexible member may be secured.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an envelop provided with a flap adapted to close the mouth thereof, a flexible member one end of which is fastened within said envelop and which is adapted to pass underneath the matter located within the envelop, said envelop being provided with Copies of this patent may he obtained for an armored aperture through which said flexible member extends, said flexible memher when drawn outwardly through said aperture being adapted to project the matter within said envelop through the mouth'of the same, and a button or similar fastening device locatedupon said flap to which the end of said flexible member may be secured.

3. A filing device comprising an envelop provided with a flap which is adapted to form a closure for the mouth thereof, a flexible member secured to one of the inner walls of the envelop which forms a loop about the matter located thereon, the opposite wall of said envelop being provided with an aperture through which said flexible member extends, said flexible member when drawn outwardly through said aperture being adapted to project the matter within the envelop through the month thereof, and a button or similar fastening device located upon said flap to which the end of said flexible member may be secured.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM H. F. WOOD. WVitnesses:

R. W. FRANCE, L. A. WATSON.

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